[Verse 1]
I wanna tell you a story
Ain't got no characters in it but me
I wanna sing you a sad song
Most of it I don't expect you to believe
It starts off just the whiskey and wine
Oh, some miles of travel and some real good times
But it ends in a dark corridor
Where there ain't no windows
And there ain't no doors

[Chorus]
Well that's me
Just a-drinking off this bottle and a-drifting out to sea
Well that's me
Just a-sitting here a-staring and a-shaking like a leaf
Well that's me
Just a-leaning on my shovel in this graveyard of dreams
Yeah that's me
Just a-leaning on my shovel in this graveyard of dreams

[Verse 2]
I wanna take you to a shipwreck
A thousand miles underneath the black sea
It looks like everybody's sleeping
But look close: they are dead indeed
I wanna lead you to an armchair
Deep back in the files of my mind
I wanna sit you in a candle's light
Where I've been spending all of my time
[Chorus]
Well that's me
Just a-drinking off this bottle; is it drinking off of me?
Well that's me
Just a-sitting here a-staring and a-shaking like a leaf
Well that's me
Just a-leaning on my shovel in this graveyard of dreams
Yeah that's me
Just a-leaning on my shovel in this graveyard of dreams